Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
59131721 ⇒
A) 21 B) 27 C) 25 D) 26 E) 28
[Correct Answer]:C
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
98765 ⇒
A) 5 B) 2 C) 0 D) 4 E) 7
[Correct Answer]:D
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
246101626 ⇒
A) 42 B) 46 C) 40 D) 41 E) 45
[Correct Answer]:A
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
13513513513 ⇒
A) 5 B) 3 C) 7 D) 1 E) 9
[Correct Answer]:A
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

369936693369 ⇒
A) 12 B) 6 C) 9 D) 3 E) 15
[Correct Answer]:C
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
8

1
6

1
4

1
2

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
2

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
2

1
8

1
6
⇒
A)
1
8
B)
1
10
C)
1
2
D)
1
12
E)
1
4

[Correct Answer]:E
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
123422343234423⇒
A) 3 B) 1 C) 2 D) 4 E) 5
[Correct Answer]:D
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

2
3

3
4

4
5

5
6

6
7
⇒
A)
9
8
B)
7
8
C)
7
6
D)
7
9
E)
6
8

[Correct Answer]:B
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

14916 ⇒
A) 30 B) 15 C) 25 D) 45 E) 40
[Correct Answer]:C
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
4545455545 ⇒
A) 5455 B) 55455 C) 5554 D) 55545 E) 554555
[Correct Answer]:B